Check-In Post September 16th 2023

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


Today's Question: No question today.


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[altamira16]

I am blocking a scarf. I do not have much hope that it will stop rolling up on itself, but I can try.

[badly_knitted]

Nothing ventured, nothing gained! I hope that at the very least blocking will persuade it not to roll up as much. That gets so annoying. Good luck!

[syderia]

I'm crossing my fingers for you.

[darkcedars]

Hope it helps enough that you aren't irritated by the rolling.

[yarnofariadne]

Fingers crossed for you!

[spiralicious]

Fingers crossed!

[badly_knitted]

Sorry for the late post. I found out at the last minute it was the Strictly Come Dancing launch show tonight so I've been watching that.


No work on spiders today because this was the last dry day for at least the next week and I desperately needed to get my glasses adjusted. Haven't been able to wear my new main pair at all because I can't see through the varifocal part, and my reading glasses have been digging a trench behind my ear, so I cycled into town. Had to leave my main pair with the optician, but the reading glasses are fixed.


Picked up more suet pellets and holographic card at the hardware store that's closing, also a new witch's hat for Halloween. Stopped off at the craft shop and got some small envelopes I'm hoping will fit some small cards that don't have envelopes. Also found some tiny googly eyes I can use on googly bugs, 4 small brooch backs, and the shop had a box off rub-off transfers for card making at 1p each, so I grabbed 100 of those. I was offered the whole boxful again, but couldn't carry that many on my bike with everything else. I think I got most of the ones I can use.

[syderia]

Everything is better with glasses that fit and work the way they're intended.

[badly_knitted]

True. I just hope the opticians can figure out how to fix the problem. Last year's pair, the ones I'm still wearing, were perfect from the first time I put them on. This year's are just a nightmare.

[yarnofariadne]

Getting your glasses is fixed is definitely important, and that sounds like an excellent haul from the craft shop!

[badly_knitted]

Just got to wait and see if the optician can figure out what the problem is.

It was a very good haul, I'm looking forward to playing with the rub-offs.

[darkcedars]

Another good haul. We had a tiny bit of rain in the night, just enough that I don't have to water.

[badly_knitted]

It was, seems I went on the right day!

A bit of rain is fine, but we've had rain most days this 'summer', so we could really do without another week-long deluge *sigh*

[wiseheart]

You always find the best things! Hope the glasses will all be fixed, soon.

[badly_knitted]

I got lucky, except for the fact that the store's closing down. We used to have 3 craft shops, now we won't have any, just a few craft bits in one store that sells everything.

Thanks, I hope so too. They weren't cheap, and I've only worn them once. The distance part is fine, but the close-up part is totally wrong. =/

[spiralicious]

Fingers crossed they can figure out what's up with your glasses.

That is quite the haul!

[badly_knitted]

I'm sure they will, they're really good, I've been going there getting on for 40 years and I trust the staff, they're always very well trained.

It truly was! I'd love to go back and get some more of the rub-offs, but next week is supposed to be storms, pouring rain, and winds up to 50mph, not good cycling weather or good for walking with an umbrella.

[spiralicious]

Ah, that's good

[syderia]

I made the unicorn's second ear, and attached both ears and the horn to the head
I've started to work on the head and it's going to be less simple than it seemed looking at the pattern.

[yarnofariadne]

Well done! Wishing you good luck with the unicorn's head.

[syderia]

Thanks!

[darkcedars]

Good luck!

[syderia]

Thanks!

[wiseheart]

You can do it!

[syderia]

Thanks!

[badly_knitted]

It might be more complicated than you expected, but your unicorn is taking shape!

[syderia]

Yes, she is 🙂

[spiralicious]

Good luck! You're doing great!

[syderia]

Thanks!

[yarnofariadne]

Finished part D and did the first row of part E, which takes me to row 112 of 161. Less than a month before I need to have this finished, so it's crunch time!

[darkcedars]

Sounds like good progress, fingers crossed for meeting the deadline.

[wiseheart]

Deadlines are frustrating. Good luck with getting things done in due time!

[badly_knitted]

You are still making amazing progress considering the size and complexity of the project. You'll make it! *cheers you on* Less than 50 rows left!

[spiralicious]

You can do it!

[darkcedars]

Sorted a couple loads (my little garden cart) of scrap wood at John's this morning. I also did some more wandering around the house and making garden plans.

Crafting-wise, I've only done 1 row on the trivet. There's only 3 rows left on this one so I might finish up tonight.

[wiseheart]

Woo-hoo! Nearly there!

[badly_knitted]

That's a lot of work on the scrap wood.

Hope you get the trivet finished!

[spiralicious]

Well done!

[yarnofariadne]

Hope you got the trivet finished!

[wiseheart]

I worked a bit on the other felt book, which is stupid, as that one is only due around Christmas. But I was fed up with paper and felt-tipped pens that leave smears on one's fingers and double-sided tape that sticks to everywhere, only not where you'd like it to stick, so I decided to do some nice, simple stitching while watching Richterin Barbara Salesch on RTL.

[badly_knitted]

Sometimes you just need a change of pace, and progress is progress, even if it's not on the project that needs to be completed first.

[spiralicious]

It sounds like switching projects for awhile was a good idea

[yarnofariadne]

Changing projects when you're frustrated is a good idea.

[spiralicious]

I, unexpectedly, sort of crafted today. My friend and I were looking through a care package I made for her boys last year, but haven't been able to send and she decided it would fit in her carry on. Part of it was a scarf I knitted for her, but never got the tail weaved in. So I did that today.

Also while we were wandering around downtown, we went into the bead shop (I wasn't aware we had one). They sell a lot of individual beads for a decent price, so I will need to come back. I have several projects that aren't done purely from lack of a bead or two.

[yarnofariadne]

Ooh beads!

[spiralicious]

So many shinies...

[badly_knitted]

Yay for accidental crafting!

Awesome that you have a bead shop, you'll have fun in there I'm sure =)

[spiralicious]

Thanks!

Yes, now the real question is will my bank account ever forgive me? ;)

[badly_knitted]

Ah yes, always an important consideration!